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San Francisco Public Works and Health review mobile food permitting; board asks for written responses
Summary
City staff outlined San Francisco’s mobile food facility permitting flow, public‑notice rules and congestion/saturation criteria; Public Works said it will review yellow‑zone policy, notification practice and possible ordinance changes and the Board asked departments to provide written responses and return with updates.
San Francisco Public Works and the Department of Public Health presented the city’s mobile food facility (MFF) permitting and enforcement procedures to the Board of Appeals on Nov. 14, 2018.
Bernie Seay, Permit Manager for Public Works, walked the board through the application flow, location criteria and public‑notice steps for mobile food vendors. Seay described standard site requirements — a minimum 10‑foot sidewalk for trucks (4‑foot queue plus 6‑foot pedestrian path), 7 feet clearance around hydrants, curbside parking, and special push‑cart rules (15‑foot sidewalk requirement and a 300‑foot notice radius). He said the…
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